Cool Things Podcasts - 2006
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Voted Top Museum Podcast for 2006 by MuseumPods
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Key overalls, made and worn in Kansas, are the subject of this down-home podcast. |
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American soldiers used these innovative portable stoves produced by a Wichita company during World War II. |
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Kansas investigators confiscated this quack medical equipment with imaginative names--the Solarama, Color Therm, and Pathoclast. |
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Learn how spirited soldiers--among them George Armstrong Custer--adapted to an often boring frontier life. |
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The tale of a fictitious amphibian who threw her hat into the political ring. Save the wetlands! |
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The fascinating story of Mark Delahay--lawyer, editor, judge, opportunist, and notorious alcoholic. |
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This doll bears a striking resemblance to an incompetent criminal. |
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Was Waconda a real Indian princess or just a poor swimmer? The Kansas well she dove into was rumored to be medicinal and bottomless. |
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Perhaps not surprisingly, horse mannequins are a rarity in museum collections.| |
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This rare Navajo weaving came to Kansas via the Santa Fe Trail. |
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Rickshaws and 400-lb. seashells remain from the adventures of a gentleman farmer who traveled the world three times, collecting the bizarre. |
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A massive tornado tore through Topeka in 1966. Hear about the aftermath of this devastating storm, including the relics left behind. |
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A Native American artist designed the logo for the Wolf Creek Nuclear Power Plant. Its central image is, of course, a wolf. |
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Some have argued that it's the worst game ever invented. |
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What were Southerners doing in Kansas before the Civil War? And impress your friends by reciting the causes of the war in 10 words or less. |
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The town of Protection, Kansas, had a role in safeguarding the world against polio. |
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An unusual and uncommon musical instrument made in Kansas. |
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Who wore this Mickey Mouse underwear from the 1930s, and what does Walt Disney have to do with Kansas anyway?
Check out our award winning Cool Things podcasts from other years. |
Key Overalls
Coleman Pocket Stove
Medical Quackery
Custer's Dumbbell
Agnes the Frog Costume
Delahay Portraits
Prison Doll
Waconda Springs Artwork
Fox the Horse
Chief's Blanket
Travel Satchel
Tornado Relics
Wolf Creek Insignia
Electronic Football Game
Southern Rights Flag
Leg Brace
Dolcette
Mickey Mouse Undies
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Entry: Cool Things Podcasts - 2006
Author: Kansas Historical Society
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Date Created: June 2014
Date Modified: July 2021
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